Monthly Archives: January 2009

Randy-Author on traveling with a wild pet

       We were used to attracting huge crowds, for we were white people riding fully loaded bicycles with a white-handed gibbon, and especially the circus atmosphere that accompanied us everywhere we went, to a large extent children, made it difficult … Continue reading

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Playwrights Foundation News-Free Dramatists Guild Events

PF Hosts Free Dramatists Guild Events on January 29th and 30th       The Dramatists Guild is coming to San Francisco! Playwrights Foundation and Z Space Studio will host two exciting days of free programming. Reserve your spot at these events: … Continue reading

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NEA International Literary Exchange-Grants opportunity

      Grants Opportunity: NEA International Literary Exchange   The purpose of this Program Solicitation is to select an organization (Cooperator) to work with the Arts Endowment on a literary exchange publication project with the People’s Republic of China (P.R.C.).   This project … Continue reading

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Poet & Writers, Inc.-offers grants for literary events in Tucson

     Poets & Writers, Inc.’s Readings/Workshops program offers small grants for literary events in Tucson .   Applications are due a minimum of eight weeks in advance, so now is the perfect time to apply for spring events.   Organizations must apply … Continue reading

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Randy-author on visits to Vientiane Laos

      Our trips to Vientiane were always quick.   They seemed to have been mainly business…and therefore mandatory…and any time spent in the city was spent on foot.   Thai immigration always gave us a fit and never gave us much time … Continue reading

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VSA Playwright Discovery-national playwriting contest for students grades 6-12

      VSA arts: Call for Scripts: The 2009 VSA arts Playwright Discovery is a national competition for student’s grades 6-12 to write a new one-act play on the theme of disability.   The winning play will be professionally produced at the … Continue reading

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Pima County Natural Resources Parks and Recreation-writing contest for children and youth

      Tucson River of Words: Deadline for entries: February 1st 2009.   Each year Pima County Natural Resources Parks and Recreation partners with the Tucson Pima Arts Council to conduct this free poetry and art contest for the children and youth … Continue reading

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